Chapter Summaries

An Yi rampaged through the Black-Corner Region, looting Blood Maple City and killing its lord before flying toward Black Seal City. Medusa warned him that the city was far more dangerous, but An Yi expected her to back him up if trouble came.

• An Yi killed Blood-Hand Tu Qian, took the City Lord's Mansion's treasures, and left the terrified survivors alive.
• An Yi flew away from Blood Maple City and later struggled to read his map as he approached another large city.
• Medusa identified the city as Black Seal City and warned An Yi that powerful factions and a Dou Emperor guarded it.
• Medusa explained that she had visited the Black-Corner Region before while seeking special medicinal ingredients.
• An Yi brushed off her warning and suggested that she, as a Dou Zong, could back him up, prompting Medusa to protest against becoming his enforcer.

An Yi entered Black Seal City in disguise, quickly establishing a fearsome reputation before spotting Xiao Yan tracking Fan Ling and his group. After learning that the Blood Sect Young Sect Master carried something Xiao Yan needed, An Yi offered to help rob them and wondered whether he could learn news of Azure Scale.

• An Yi disguised himself, killed Black Seal City's guard captain with a single slap, and frightened the city's residents into clearing his path.
• An Yi noticed Fan Ling and his companions hurrying toward the city gates and followed them, convinced they carried valuable loot.
• An Yi used the Void-Stepping Technique to appear beside Xiao Yan, who nearly attacked him with the Heavy Xuan Ruler before recognizing him.
• Xiao Yan explained that Fan Ling was the Blood Sect's Young Sect Master and carried something he urgently needed, but Xiao Yan planned to wait until the group left the city before attacking.
• An Yi offered to help rob Fan Ling's group, thinking of the loot they had acquired at an auction and hoping to ask about Azure Scale.

An Yi and Xiao Yan followed the Blood Sect to a mountain hollow, where Fan Lao ambushed Elder Qing and the Sky Serpent Mansion. An Yi unleashed his three divine beast bloodlines and erased the Blood Sect’s forces, leaving Fan Lao as the sole survivor.

• An Yi and Xiao Yan trailed the Blood Sect party to a secluded hollow and discovered Fan Lao’s hidden ambush.
• Elder Qing arrived with Sky Serpent Mansion experts, and Fan Lao emerged to demand what she was carrying.
• An Yi transformed into his White Tiger form and killed Fan Ling and two Dou Ling experts with a halberd strike.
• Elder Qing recognized An Yi as Azure Scale’s older brother, and An Yi told her group to stay still.
• An Yi activated the Heaven-Slaying Battle Armor’s unrivaled mode and unleashed the Geng Metal Killing Domain, wiping out the Blood Sect assassins while Fan Lao survived.

An Yi defeated Fan Lao in a brutal fight, then killed him with Queen Medusa’s help after Fan Lao tried to escape. He gave Xiao Yan the Pure Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map and sent him away before other fighters arrived.

• An Yi overwhelmed Fan Lao with his Geng Metal Killing Domain, Vermilion Bird Divine Flame, and relentless halberd attacks while Elder Qing, the Sky Serpent Mansion group, and Xiao Yan watched in shock.
• An Yi severed Fan Lao’s left arm, but Fan Lao burned his blood essence and fled into the night.
• Queen Medusa blocked Fan Lao’s escape and struck him back toward An Yi, who killed him with the Tiger Soul Halberd.
• An Yi looted Fan Lao, Fan Ling, and the fallen Blood Sect elders, then found the Pure Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map in Fan Ling’s Storage Ring.
• An Yi gave the Fragmented Map to Xiao Yan as repayment for Medicine Elder’s help at the Misty Cloud Sect and warned him to leave before more fighters arrived.
• Xiao Yan thanked An Yi, put away the Fragmented Map, and hurried into the darkness.

An Yi saved Qing Yue and the Sky Serpent Mansion survivors, returned the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill for Azure Scale, and ordered them to conceal his involvement by blaming the White Old Devil. After leaving to raid the Blood Sect, An Yi drew the attention of Black-Corner Region leaders, who found Fan Lao dead and realized a fearsome fighter had killed him.

• An Yi asked Qing Yue about Azure Scale and learned she had become the Sky Serpent Mansion's holy maiden and a Dou Master while training to protect him.
• An Yi examined the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, returned it to Qing Yue for Azure Scale, and threatened anyone else who might take it.
• An Yi told Qing Yue to claim the White Old Devil had ambushed them and stolen the pill, then learned that the nickname referred to him.
• An Yi questioned Medusa about the Blood Sect's headquarters and flew off carrying Fan Lao's head, intending to plunder the sect.
• Yuan Yi, Su Mei, and Han Feng arrived at the battlefield, recognized Fan Lao's headless corpse, and were shocked that he had been killed so quickly.

Han Feng and Yuan Yi investigated Fan Lao’s death and suspected three mysterious Dou Emperors had killed him while intercepting Elder Qing. Days later, rumors about White Old Devil’s massacre of the Blood Sect reached Jia Nan Academy, where Xun'er grew furious and Xiao Yan entertained the students with more stories about An Yi.

• Han Feng and Yuan Yi examined Fan Lao’s corpse and concluded that lightning, flames, and sharp metal attacks suggested three attackers had killed him.
• Yuan Yi suggested Fan Lao had tried to intercept Elder Qing over the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Han Feng silently bristled at the likely loss.
• Su Mei left, while Han Feng and Yuan Yi flew away as news of the Blood Sect Master’s death spread through the Black-Corner Region.
• At Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy Selection Tournament, students traded lurid rumors that White Old Devil had slaughtered the Blood Sect, looted Twilight City, and abducted women, making Xun'er seethe.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the tournament with Xiao Ning, laughed at the rumors, and claimed White Old Devil had also plundered the Misty Cloud Sect and faced a wanted poster across the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Ning feared White Old Devil might attack Jia Nan Academy, alarming the students, especially the young women.

An Yi flew into Jia Nan Academy’s flight-prohibited zone and was confronted by Vice Dean Hu Gan and three Dou Emperors. He tried to explain that he was a newly enrolled student, identifying himself as Nangong Yi and citing his earlier registration with Ruo Lin.

• Xiao Yu insisted that the White Old Devil would never dare invade Jia Nan Academy, but Hu Gan and three elders abruptly flew toward the academy’s outskirts.
• An Yi approached Jia Nan City through the forest, unaware that the area around Jia Nan Academy prohibited flight and that he had bypassed Peace Town.
• Queen Medusa warned An Yi that the four approaching Dou Emperors seemed ready to attack him, and An Yi realized they had mistaken his arrival for an intrusion.
• Hu Gan demanded to know why An Yi had entered the flight-prohibited zone, but he doubted An Yi’s claim that he was a new student.
• An Yi said he had registered with instructor Ruo Lin in Wutan City two years earlier, then introduced himself as Nangong Yi.

An Yi revealed himself to Hu Gan as the prodigy recruited by Ruo Lin and explained why he had arrived late to Jia Nan Academy. Hu Gan accepted him and escorted him inside, while Elder Huo became intrigued by An Yi’s fiery wings and discovered he was an alchemist.

• An Yi identified himself as Nangong Yi, and Hu Gan recalled Ruo Lin’s report of a sixteen-year-old Da Dou Shi who had requested three years’ leave.
• An Yi admitted he was now an eighteen-year-old Dou Wang and said he had delayed attending Jia Nan Academy until he could protect himself.
• Hu Gan warned that Zi Yan in the Inner Academy could still overpower An Yi, then signaled the Enforcement Team to stand down after deciding An Yi’s entry was a misunderstanding.
• An Yi claimed he had flown into the restricted zone because he had gotten lost, and he offered his unusual cultivation method and beast bloodlines as reasons the academy’s Alert Formation had not detected him.
• Hu Gan led An Yi toward Jia Nan Academy, where Elder Huo questioned his flaming wings and realized An Yi was an alchemist.

An Yi revealed his extraordinary alchemy skills to Jia Nan Academy’s leaders and asked to study in its Alchemy Department. After arriving at the selection tournament, he reunited with Xun'er and was recognized by Instructor Ruo Lin as the silver-haired recruit Nangong Yi.

• An Yi showed Elder Huo and the other elders a bottle of supreme-quality Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and said he wanted formal alchemy training.
• An Yi admitted he had refined the Supreme Dou Spirit Pill through Void Alchemy at the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Convention, leaving Hu Gan and Elder Huo stunned.
• Hu Gan brought An Yi to the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, where Xun'er rushed into his arms and embraced him.
• Hu Gan told Ruo Lin that her long-awaited student had arrived, and An Yi explained that he had changed his hair color and worn a mask when they met in Wutan City.
• Ruo Lin recognized An Yi from her Recruitment Jade Token and tearfully accused him of making her think he would not come, while Hu Gan wondered about their relationship.

An Yi arrived at Jia Nan Academy and dazzled the students and faculty with his strength and generous gifts, while Hu Jia declared she would not give up on Xun'er. Hu Gan exempted An Yi from the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and arranged for him to enter after it ended.

• An Yi gave Instructor Ruo Lin two pills and handed Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills to Xun'er's female friends, while ignoring Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning.
• Hu Jia threw her pill back and declared that she would never give up on Xun'er, prompting Hu Gan to silence his granddaughter.
• An Yi asked whether he had to compete in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, and Hu Gan said he could report to the Inner Academy with the top fifty students after it ended.
• Hu Jia questioned why An Yi could bypass the tournament, and Hu Gan said few people in the Inner Academy could match his strength.
• Hu Jia guessed that An Yi had reached Dou Ling, unaware that his concealed aura and unusual wings had obscured his true realm.

An Yi, posing as Nangong Yi, rebuked Hu Jia for treating Xun'er as a prize and forcing her own desires on her. Xiao Yan recalled how An Yi's punishment in the Xiao Household had taught him that being right meant nothing without power, and understood why An Yi had grown guarded and cut ties with them.

• Hu Gan hesitated to tell Hu Jia that An Yi was already a Dou Wang, and An Yi followed Hu Jia toward the challenge.
• Hu Jia challenged An Yi and wagered that Xun'er would belong to her if he lost, but An Yi rejected the idea and defended Xun'er's freedom and dignity.
• An Yi accused Hu Jia of confusing possessiveness and vanity with affection, leaving her pale and unable to explain herself to Xun'er.
• Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei recognized An Yi's sharp-tongued style and wondered where he had gone, while Xiao Yu speculated that he had found a wealthy woman to support him.
• Xiao Yan remembered how the Xiao Household elders punished An Yi after he challenged them as a child, and realized that the experience had driven An Yi to hide his true self and abandon hope in the household.

An Yi intimidated Bai Shan into fainting after Bai Shan insulted him, then discussed his strength and academy arrangements with Hu Gan and Ruo Lin. He revealed he had reached Five-Star Dou King and gave Ruo Lin a valuable whip, leaving her stunned by his generosity and explanation.

• Bai Shan challenged An Yi and insulted him in front of Xiao Xun'er, so An Yi’s killing intent overwhelmed Bai Shan until Hu Gan intervened and Bai Shan fainted.
• Hu Gan warned An Yi to behave at Jia Nan Academy and agreed to let him demonstrate his ability in the selection tournament’s final round instead of entering the competition normally.
• Ruo Lin asked An Yi about his cultivation, and he revealed he was a Five-Star Dou King, shocking her and Xun'er.
• An Yi asked about Ruo Lin’s cultivation and gave her a Fourth Order water-attribute whip to thank her for looking after Xun'er.
• Ruo Lin hesitated to accept the valuable weapon, but An Yi said it had been pressed on him by kind people in the Black-Corner Region.

An Yi revealed the wealth he had taken from the Blood Sect and asked Xun'er which Black-Corner Region factions were richest, but agreed to wait before making another move. After Ruo Lin showed him to a guest room, he brought out a medicine cauldron to practice alchemy, and Xun'er came to his door at night.

• An Yi listed the gold, magic cores, herbs, techniques, and equipment he had taken, leaving Ruo Lin and Xun'er stunned.
• Ruo Lin realized An Yi was the White Old Devil who had destroyed the Blood Sect, while An Yi denied being a murderous fiend and described his plundering as gathering alms.
• Xun'er named Demon Flame Valley, the Black Emperor Sect, Maple City, and other powerful factions, then warned An Yi that the Blood Sect's destruction had put them on alert.
• An Yi agreed to stay at Jia Nan Academy and study alchemy until the turmoil settled.
• Ruo Lin led An Yi to a guest room, where he took out a medicine cauldron from the Blood Sect treasury to practice.
• Xun'er knocked on An Yi's door at night, blushed when she saw him, and entered after he invited her in.

An Yi discussed the Blood Demon Cauldron and his reunion with Xun'er, agreeing to refine a Dou Spirit Pill for her. He then focused on alchemy training at Jia Nan Academy, where Elder Huo identified his weak fundamentals despite his exceptional talent.

• Xun'er explained the Blood Demon Cauldron's history and how An Yi's flames could suppress its blood aura, and An Yi stored the cauldron in his ring.
• An Yi asked Xun'er not to have him watched from the shadows and returned the Demon-Subduing Palm, explaining that his own Dou Qi already served its purpose.
• An Yi asked Xun'er what she wanted as a reunion gift, and she requested a Dou Spirit Pill that he refined himself.
• An Yi agreed to refine the pill after more practice and said he would also seek the recipe for the Emperor's Extreme Pill.
• An Yi spent the next few days training in Jia Nan Academy's Alchemy Department, where Elder Huo praised his talent but criticized his poor practical foundations.

An Yi received basic pill recipes and herbs from Elder Huo and Elder Hu, then warned that he would face the Selection Tournament finalists without using Dou Qi. On the tournament’s final day, he flew over the crowded plaza with Xun'er and Ruo Lin, drawing attention amid rumors about his recent days refining pills with them.

• Elder Hu gave An Yi two Storage Rings containing basic pill recipes, alchemical insights, and herbs, while Elder Huo asked him to return three pills of each kind.
• Elder Huo reminded An Yi about the final round of the Selection Tournament and cautioned him not to face powerful finalists without Dou Qi.
• Elder Huo told An Yi about a violent treasure in the Library Pavilion that the Dean had placed there, warning him not to force himself to take it.
• An Yi left Ruo Lin's residence for the tournament final, where crowds gathered and rumors spread about his time refining pills with Ruo Lin, Xun'er, and her students.
• An Yi unfurled his Flame Wings, carried Xun'er and Ruo Lin over the crowd, and landed in the restricted area.

An Yi let Ruo Lin, Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and the other female students test his pills, sparking lurid rumors about their visits. During the Inner Academy Selection Tournament finals, he effortlessly caught Bai Shan’s lightning attack and returned it to knock him out of the arena.

• An Yi asked Ruo Lin and the other female students to test his pills, and they accepted the pills as payment for their help.
• Outsiders spread rumors about An Yi’s late-night meetings with the female students, but Xiao Yu told Xiao Ning that they had only been testing pills.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan announced that the finals would be a battle royale in which contestants’ rankings depended on how long they stayed in the arena.
• An Yi entered the arena with Xun'er and asked whom she wanted him to eliminate; she told him to choose anyone he disliked.
• Bai Shan attacked An Yi with a powerful lightning technique, but An Yi caught the lightning in his palm and compressed it into a ball.
• An Yi returned the lightning to Bai Shan, blasting him out of the arena.

An Yi dominated the Selection Tournament with his physical strength, forcing Hu Gan to end the contest before he fought Hu Jia and Wu Hao. The top five were announced, and the students had seven days before entering the Inner Academy.

• An Yi returned Bai Shan's lightning attack and defeated him in one move, leaving the other contestants afraid to approach him and Xun'er.
• Hu Gan and the elders discussed An Yi's unexplained speed and strength, while Hu Gan said the Great Elder would decide whether he could enter the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• An Yi and Xun'er calmly drank tea on the stage as the melee ended, and Xiao Yan forfeited rather than fight An Yi.
• Hu Jia and Wu Hao challenged An Yi, but Hu Gan ended the tournament and named Nangong Yi, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yan as the top five.
• An Yi pressed his hand down and collapsed the stage into a dragon-claw-shaped crater without harming Hu Jia or Wu Hao, then left with Xun'er to refine medicine.

An Yi delivered more than a thousand supreme-quality pills made from over three hundred basic recipes to the Medicine Vault, astonishing Elder Hu and Elder Huo. He bargained for five fourth-rank recipes and a hundred sets of herbs, then left to pick something from the Library Pavilion.

• An Yi brought more than three hundred varieties of pills to the Medicine Vault less than ten days after receiving the basic recipes.
• Elder Hu examined the flawless pills, gathered them up, and hurried to fetch Elder Huo.
• Elder Huo offered An Yi fourth-rank recipes in exchange for fifteen supreme-quality pills per recipe, and An Yi bargained him down to twelve.
• Elder Huo explained the academy's recipe restrictions and warned An Yi not to reveal his special treatment.
• Elder Hu gave An Yi five fourth-rank recipes and a hundred sets of herbs, and Elder Huo escorted him out.
• An Yi complained that refining the requested pills would take about a month, then headed to the Library Pavilion.

An Yi’s pill-testing work exposed Xiao Yan to the Ice Jade Pill, prompting Hu Gan to explain the pill’s notorious history at Jia Nan Academy. An Yi arrived to find Xiao Yan furious and the others reacting awkwardly to what had happened.

• Hu Jia asked Xun'er why An Yi and the others had stayed in Instructor Ruo Lin’s pavilion, and Xun'er explained they had helped test An Yi’s pills.
• Xiao Yan described how pill testing required taking pills after getting sick or injured, and Xun'er revealed that he had tested a pill that suppressed desire between men and women.
• Hu Gan identified the pill as the Ice Jade Pill and recounted how a female Alchemy Department student had invented it for revenge, after which its spread caused chaos among male students.
• Hu Gan warned Xiao Yan that the Ice Jade Pill could cause permanent harm without a timely antidote, and Xiao Yan vowed not to test An Yi’s pills again.
• An Yi arrived and noticed Xiao Yan’s dark expression and the others’ strange reactions.

Hu Gan led An Yi and the other top students to the Library Pavilion, where elders Qian Mu and Bai Lie offered to take An Yi as their disciple. An Yi politely declined, entered the pavilion with his companions, and left the elders convinced he might be the most terrifying student in Jia Nan Academy’s history.

• Hu Gan warned the students that the Inner Academy favored strength and asked An Yi to look after the others; An Yi agreed.
• Hu Jia questioned An Yi about his cultivation, and Xun'er explained that his extraordinary strength came from years of punishing effort.
• Hu Gan brought An Yi, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Hu Jia, and the other top students to the Library Pavilion, where Qian Mu and Bai Lie recognized An Yi as an exceptional talent.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie offered to take An Yi as their disciple, but he declined because he preferred to live freely and avoid complicated master-disciple ties.
• Qian Mu promised to help An Yi within the academy, then opened the spatial doorway and hinted that An Yi might obtain something inside the pavilion.
• After the students entered, Qian Mu and Bai Lie told Hu Gan to meet An Yi's needs, saying he might be Jia Nan Academy's most terrifying student yet.